Brake Pads

raf35y

If all you have had done is a new set of pads fitted you have paid far too much. To fit yourself would cost about £15 to £30 for a set of pads and 1hr at the most to fit. At a main dealer this would be £60 to £80 total. At an independent garage £40 to £60 total. For £200 I would have expected both front and back discs and pads.

vaio

The OP said they fixed the sticky calliper, £200 sounds reasonable(ish),

we just got a recon caliper for an astra, cost £35 add £30 for pads, £5 for fluid, two hours labour, some profit & VAT and you’re at £200

Whizzing, the reason only one pad wore out is the sticky caliper was pressing that pad against the disc all the time, effectively driving round with the brakes slightly on via that pad hence it wore out.

It’s good practice to renew all four (or all 8 on my car), for this reason they are supplied as an axle set, a garage would never not replace all of them as this could well result in brakes that pull to one side.

whizzing

Thanks vaio and others. I wondered why they replaced all four. The work was only for the brakepads but I am informed that this is what you would expect to pay because of the type of car it is and the fact that it was done at the dealers garage in order to keep the service history intact.

Hintza

whizzing wrote: »

Thanks vaio and others. I wondered why they replaced all four. The work was only for the brakepads but I am informed that this is what you would expect to pay because of the type of car it is and the fact that it was done at the dealers garage in order to keep the service history intact.

Sounds about right. You have made no mention of the car but £40-£100 would be about right for a caliper plus the pads at £20-£40 plus labour.

The question is, os the car still in warranty? I guess not but worth checking.

As for keeping service history intact, this repair has really nothing to do with service history.

vaio

whizzing wrote: »

……The work was only for the brake pads but I am informed that this is what you would expect to pay because of the type of car it is and the fact that it was done at the dealers garage in order to keep the service history intact.

whizzing wrote: »

……You are correct vaio it was a sticking caliper and this was fixed, but had caused damage to a brake pad - yes - only one. They charged me £200 for the four brake pads…….

I’m curious……..Are you saying you paid £200 just for the pads? With the caliper repair on top? What car? What costs?

mr_accountant

£200 for pads even at the main stealers, must be good pads!:rotfl:

By the way i doubt pads will have any bearing on service history when you come to sell whether they were changed at dealer or another garage, as long as good quality were fitted